Fluke TAP-100-2X16, Hardware Manual

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INFORMATIONAL DESCRIPTION
The tap port informational description described herein is provided for illustration.
Refer to your network appliance Installation Guide documentation for more details.
The TAP ports allow you to monitor one direction of the selected INLINE source data and
the other direction of the selected INLINE source data as shown in Figure 2 .
Figure 2. TAP-100-2X16 informational diagram
The top TAP A port is connected to one of the Network Interface Cards (NICs) of a network
appliance using a DRL366-3 tap cable. The selected INLINE port data is output on pins 3
and 6 of the top TAP A port.
The bottom TAP A port is connected to the other NIC of the same network appliance using
a DRL366X-3 cross-over tap cable. The selected INLINE port data is output on pins 1 and 2
of the bottom TAP A port.
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Hardware Installation
TAP
1 ST Analysis NIC Appliance A
10/100Mb
RJ45
DAISY TAP DAISY
AC
T
LINK 100
10/100Mb
RJ45
AC
T
LINK 100
Transport NIC Appliance A
10/100Mb
RJ45
AC
T
LINK 100
Functionality of Appliance B NIC's
same as Appliance A
10/100Mb
RJ45
AC
T
LINK 100
2 ND Analysis NIC Appliance B
10/100Mb
RJ45
AC
T
LINK 100
Transport NIC Appliance B
10/100Mb
RJ45
AC
T
LINK 100
DRL366X-3 DRL366-3
Analysis NIC Appliance B 1 ST
Analysis NIC Appliance A
A A B B
2 ND